NOVA SCOTIA BLACK AND FIRST NATIONS STUDENTS GRADUATE ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIPS
Dalhousie University offers entrance scholarships valued at $15,000 each, awarded annually to a First Nations and an Indigenous Black student
entering a Dalhousie graduate program for the first time following graduation from a Dalhousie University undergraduate program. The objective of
these scholarships is to increase the representation of Indigenous Black and First Nations communities in the university’s wide diversity of graduate
programs, and ultimately in the academy and in advanced professional occupations. The graduate program may be at the Master’s or Doctoral
level, and may include professional, course-based or thesis-based programs.
ELIGIBILITY AND CONDITIONS.
i) The scholarships are open to Indigenous Black and First Nations students, born in Nova Scotia (first preference) or former residents returning to Nova
Scotia (second preference), who have completed a Dalhousie University undergraduate program and are entering their first Dalhousie University
graduate program.
ii) An Indigenous Black person is one who a) is the child of birth parents at least one of whom is of African descent; b) whose parents were living in Nova
Scotia at the date of applicants birth; and, c) whose African Canadian parent(s) was (were) born in Canada.
iii) In accordance with the Constitution Act, 1982, part II, Section 35(2), a first Nations applicant is an Indian, Inuit or Metis person of Canada, and a
person who is accepted by one of the First Nations of Nova Scotia as a member of their community.
iv) Students must have been accepted into a Dalhousie Graduate program administered by the Faculty of Graduate Studies, with an admission GPA of
3.3 (B+) or higher. Admission GPA’s are based on the last two years (six terms) of undergraduate study.
v) Candidates who hold other scholarships of any kind, including scholarships internal and external to Dalhousie University, will receive the Indigenous
Black and First Nations Graduate Entrance Scholarship as a “top-up award” to their other scholarship, the total not exceeding $15,000 per academic
year or $5,000 per term.
vi) Recipients of this scholarship must begin full-time academic study at Dalhousie in the academic year for which it has been awarded.
vii) The scholarship is renewable for a maximum of one year (three academic terms) for students maintaining good standing in the first year of their
program.
viii) Applications for first awards and for renewals will be considered by a special Scholarship Committee constituted by the Dean of the Faculty of
Graduate Studies. Award and renewal decisions are final and cannot be appealed.
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
Students must complete the attached application form and submit it to the Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies. In addition to the academic record
and reference letters already available in the admission file of the student, applicants for this scholarship must include with the completed application
form:
A signed, one-page statement of their career development to date, their future career aspirations, and the relevance of their proposed graduate program
at Dalhousie University to those aspirations. The statement should include the information confirming the eligibility of the applicant with respect to points
i), ii), and iii) of the eligibility and conditions section above.
Add an additional page, if necessary, for academic record, scholarships and other awards or achievements (combined).
A letter of reference from a member of the community. This letter can be “free form”; comments in particular of the student’s past, current or future role in
the community would be helpful to the Selection Committee. The member of the community could be someone who has knowledge of the applicant’s
role in the Nova Scotia Black or First Nations communities, and should not be an employee or faculty member of Dalhousie University.
In applying for this scholarship, the applicant undertakes to report all scholarships awarded for the current and next academic year to the Faculty of
Graduate Studies.
The deadline for receipt of the application complete with the career development statement and community letter of reference will be May 15.
APPLICATIONS TO BE SUBMITTED TO:
FURTHER INQUIRIES MAY BE DIRECTED TO:
Faculty of Graduate Studies
Dalhousie University
Room 314, Henry Hicks Building
6299 South Street
PO BOX 15000
Halifax, NS, Canada, B3H 4R2
Faculty of Graduate Studies
Dalhousie University
graduate.studies@dal.ca
Tel. (902) 494-2485
Revised March 2013
For Dalhousie University graduate program information: www.dalgrad.dal.ca
APPLICATION—NOVA SCOTIA BLACK AND FIRST NATIONS STUDENTS GRADUATE ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIPS
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MUST BE WORD-PROCESSED OR TYPEWRITTEN
APPLICATION DEADLINE: MAY 15TH
NAME:
STUDENT ID:
E-MAIL:
CURRENT LOCAL M AILING ADDRESS:
APPLICANT’S ANCESTRY (PLEASE COMPLETE SECTION A OR B AS APPROPRIATE)
A.) INDIGENOUS BLACK
APPLICANT’S BIRTHPLACE:
CAREGIVER/MOTHER’S ETHNIC GROUP
CAREGIVER/MOTHER’S NAME
CAREGIVER/MOTHER’S BIRTHPLACE (IE. CITY/PROVINCE/COUNTRY)
CAREGIVER/FATHER’S ETHNIC GROUP
CAREGIVER/FATHER’S NAME
CAREGIVER/FATHER’S BIRTHPLACE (IE. CITY/PROVINCE/COUNTRY)
B.) FIRST NATIONS
ARE YOU A MEMBER OF THE MI’KMAQ COMMUNITY?
YES
NO
IF YES, WHAT BAND ARE YOU REGISTERED WITH?
INUIT
METIS
ARE YOU A REGISTERED STATUS INDIAN?
YES
NO
YES
NO
REG. #
NON STATUS
ARE YOU REGISTERED WITH ANY ABORIGINAL/INUIT ORGANIZATION?
IF YES, WHICH ORGANIZATION?
ACADEMIC RECORD (INCLUDE CURRENT DALHOUSIE UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM, IF NOT YET GRADUATED):
UNIVERSITY
DEGREE
SCHOLARSHIPS CURRENTLY/PREVIOUSLY HELD:
SCHOLARSHIP NAME
DATES HELD (D/M/Y)
OTHER AWARDS CONFERRED OR ACHIEVEMENTS RECOGNISED:
TITLE
DATES RECEIVED (D/M/Y)
DISCIPLINE
MONTH/YEAR OF
(EXPECTED) COMPLETION
UNIVERSITY/ORGANISATION
UNIVERSITY/ORGANISATION
ACADEMIC PROGRAM FOR WHICH SCHOLARSHIP IS REQUESTED:
PROGRAM:
DEPARTMENT:
DATE OF ACCEPTANCE (D/M/Y):
REQUIRED ATTACHMENTS (CHECK BOXES TO INDICATE INCLUSION OF ATTACHMENT):
A SIGNED, ONE PAGE STATEMENT OF THEIR CAREER DEVELOPMENT TO DATE, THEIR FUTURE CAREER ASPIRATIONS AND THE RELEVANCE OF THEIR
PROGRAM OF STUDIES TO THOSE ASPIRATIONS.
A LETTER OF REFERENCE FROM A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY
NAME OF APPLICANT
Revised March 2013
SIGNATURE
DATE